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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: joh on August 05, 2008, 02:53:20 am

Title: Smartlist w avg rating?
Post by: joh on August 05, 2008, 02:53:20 am

I would like to have a smartlist that in random order returns my favourite albums (complete - all tracks in order). "Favourite albums" defined as those where the album tracks have the highest average rating. Could anyone help out?

Greetings from rainy Göteborg, Sweden. /OLle

PS: I have read some other post on average rating, among other Rasmus' reply to a post in April, but must say I can't even find where MC returns this calculated album average. A new explanation on that would also be valuable.

Title: Re: Smartlist w avg rating?
Post by: mark_h on August 06, 2008, 10:37:09 am

This cannot be done currently as MC has no concept of album averages.  I do actually have this functionality in my setup but I export my entire library to a bunch of PERL scripts which calculates the album average and then reimports them into MC into a user created field 'album average'.  From that field it is possible to create a smartlist to do what you wish.

This seems to be an increasingly common request, ie that MC is updated to allow album average...

Mark

Title: Re: Smartlist w avg rating?
Post by: joh on August 06, 2008, 10:43:03 am

Quote from: mark_h on August 06, 2008, 10:37:09 am

This cannot be done currently as MC has no concept of album averages.  I do actually have this functionality in my setup but I export my entire library to a bunch of PERL scripts which calculates the album average and then reimports them into MC into a user created field 'album average'.  From that field it is possible to create a smartlist to do what you wish.

This seems to be an increasingly common request, ie that MC is updated to allow album average...

Mark

Thanks, Mark, this is what I thought aswell, but when I read Rasmus post in this topic:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=46364.0
I thought afterall that MC could calculate an average rating.

But maybe I misunderstood?

BR /Olle

Title: Re: Smartlist w avg rating?
Post by: mark_h on August 06, 2008, 11:00:30 am

You *can* create a view scheme where an album average is displayed by MC but this average is not available to query.  The only way forward right now is to add a use field, for example, Album Rating, and then rate your albums manually, or as I do, using scripts.  Once you have populated the field you can then create smartlists that work with the album rating.

Mark

Title: Re: Smartlist w avg rating?
Post by: joh on August 10, 2008, 02:41:32 pm

Quote from: mark_h on August 06, 2008, 11:00:30 am

You *can* create a view scheme where an album average is displayed by MC but this average is not available to query.  The only way forward right now is to add a use field, for example, Album Rating, and then rate your albums manually, or as I do, using scripts.  Once you have populated the field you can then create smartlists that work with the album rating.

Mark

OK, thanks! /Olle